Monday, January 21, 2008

Alberta Liberals Losing Ground: Poll

Not long ago, everybody seemed to think Ed Stelmach's Conservative government in Alberta was vulnerable. However, a recent poll shows that Stelmach is poised to increase his majority government at the expense of the opposition Liberals, who could easily lose up to half of their seats in a snap election.

Consider the numbers:

2004 election

Conservative: 62 seats with 47% of the voteLiberal: 16 seats with 29% of the voteNDP: 4 seats with 10% of the voteAlliance: 1 seat with 9% of the voteGreens: 0 seats with 3% of the vote